mealie v0.1.0

Apps

Mealie — a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a recipe scraper (import from any URL), shopping lists, meal-plan calendar, and a REST API. Deployed as a host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with a persistent data volume.

nomad-pack run mealie --registry nomploy

…or one line (add registry + run)

curl -fsSL https://packs.nomploy.com/install.sh | sh -s -- mealie

Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.

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1 task http 9000 1 volume image ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest tracks :latest image bumped today

Variables 11

values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run mealie -f values.hcl --registry nomploy

# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "mealie"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Mealie container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest"

# Host port for the Mealie web UI / API. The container listens on 9000.
port = 9000

# Public base URL Mealie is served at (BASE_URL), e.g. https://recipes.example.com. Empty = http://localhost:<port>.
base_url = ""

# Allow open user self-registration (ALLOW_SIGNUP). Keep false and invite users instead.
allow_signup = false

# Container timezone (TZ), e.g. Europe/Bratislava.
tz = "UTC"

# Named volume for Mealie data (/app/data): the SQLite database, recipe images, and backups.
data_volume = "mealie_data"

# Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []

# Resources for the Mealie task.
resources = {
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 512
  }

Name	Type	Default	Description
job_name	string	"mealie"	The name of the Nomad job.
namespace	string	"default"	The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters	list	["*"]	The datacenters to deploy to.
image	string	"ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest"	The Mealie container image. Pin a tag in production.
port	number	9000	Host port for the Mealie web UI / API. The container listens on 9000.
base_url	string	""	Public base URL Mealie is served at (BASE_URL), e.g. https://recipes.example.com. Empty = http://localhost:<port>.
allow_signup	bool	false	Allow open user self-registration (ALLOW_SIGNUP). Keep false and invite users instead.
tz	string	"UTC"	Container timezone (TZ), e.g. Europe/Bratislava.
data_volume	string	"mealie_data"	Named volume for Mealie data (/app/data): the SQLite database, recipe images, and backups.
constraints	list	[]	Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
resources	object	{ cpu = 500 memory = 512 }	Resources for the Mealie task.

Back up this pack

This pack stores data in one Docker named volume: mealie_data

restic

# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first:
#   export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>"
#   export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>"
#   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key>  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret>
restic backup \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/mealie_data/_data

rclone (sync to S3/R2)

rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/mealie_data/_data backup:<bucket>/mealie_data

Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.

Readme

mealie

Mealie — a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Import recipes from any URL with the built-in scraper, organize them with tags and categories, build a meal-plan calendar, generate shopping lists, and drive it all from a clean UI or the REST API.

Single host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with a persistent /app/data volume — no external database needed (recommended for households and small teams).

Deploy

nomad-pack registry add nomploy https://github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run mealie --registry=nomploy

Configure

Variable	Default	Description
`port`	`9000`	Web UI / API port (`API_PORT`).
`base_url`	`""` → `http://localhost:<port>`	`BASE_URL` — set to your real domain.
`allow_signup`	`false`	Open self-registration (`ALLOW_SIGNUP`). Leave off; invite users instead.
`tz`	`UTC`	Container timezone (`TZ`).
`data_volume`	`mealie_data`	`/app/data` — SQLite DB, recipe images, backups.
`image`	`ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest`	Container image. Pin a tag in production.
`resources`	`{ cpu = 500, memory = 512 }`	Task resources.

On first boot Mealie creates a default admin (changeme@example.com / MyPassword) — log in and change it right away. Serves plain HTTP — front it with a reverse proxy for TLS. Pin the job to the node holding the volume with constraints.